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Born 1475 • Spain
Died 1538 (aged 63) • Cuzco • Peru
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
Argentine revolutionary
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Narváez, Panfilo de
Panfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan soldier and statesman
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
José Patiño, marquis de Patiño
Spanish statesman
Pedro de Peralta
Spanish colonial official
Nicolás de Ovando
Spanish military leader
Pedro de Mendoza
Spanish explorer
Legazpi, Miguel López de
Miguel López de Legazpi
Spanish governor of Philippines